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LAKELAND - Cecil
C. Stalvey, born August 16, 1925 in
Plant City, Florida, passed
away surrounded by his loving family on July 29, 2012 at his home in
Lakeland, Florida, due to natural causes. Mr. Stalvey, a decorated
Marine Corps veteran of World
War II, served his country in
the Pacific Theater. After returning home he attended the New Orleans
Baptist Theological Seminary transferring later and graduating from
John B. Stetson University in DeLand, Florida in 1949.
Teaching
was
his passion, having taught school for 43 years starting at the
Children's Farm Home School in Corvallis, Oregon. Other schools
included Pine Castle Elementary, Pine Castle, Florida; Elkton
Elementary, Elkton, Oregon, Eagle
Lake Elementary, Eagle Lake,
Florida, Fred G Garner Elementary, Winter Haven,
Florida.
Mr. Stalvey was a teaching principal in Mariposa County, California for
7 of the 13 years his family lived in California. He retired from his
teaching career at Lake Gibson
Jr. High School in Lakeland in 1993.
Mr. Stalvey was a member of the Board of Directors for the California
Teacher's Association, a member of the State Council Association, a
delegate for the NEA, and a member of the First United Methodist
Church. Mr. Stalvey and his wife Merlene enjoyed selling lapel pins
supporting the building fund of the Polk Education Association.
He is
survived by his devoted wife
of 61 years, Merlene,
his
children Susan (John) Freel, Penny (Gregory) Brewer, Benson (Celia)
Stalvey, and Gloria Stalvey, 5 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren,
sister Juanita Raulerson, many nieces, and nephews. Preceded in death
by his parents Benjamin F.
(Frank) and Myrtie (Wingate)
Stalvey, sisters, Lola
Raulerson, Joan Pizzillo, Marjorie Stone and
brother Wayne Stalvey. Visitation will be Wednesday, Aug. 1,2012 at
First United Methodist Church. Service to follow at 3 pm at the church.
Special thanks to the Good Shepherd Hospice, Rose Group. Lanier Funeral
Home. – Ledger, July 31, 2012
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LAKELAND -- Mrs.
Annie Marie Stalvey of Lakeland died of heart failure Wednesday (Feb.
25, 2004) at home. She was born
in Sparta, Tenn., on June 28,
1923, she came to Lakeland at
an early age. She was a
homemaker. She was a member of Galloway
Free Holiness.
Mrs.
Stalvey
is survived by her husband,
Benny Stalvey; sons, Arnold
David
O'Steen, Lake Placid, Sonny O'Steen, Utica, Ky., Benny Devon Stalvey,
Ruskin; daughters, Priscilla Maxwell, Audra Janell Pridgen, Sylvia
Susie Marie Malone, all of Lakeland; 16 grandchildren; 25
great-grandchildren.Visitation will be this evening at Lanier Funeral
Home, 717 W. Griffin Road, Lakeland. Services will be at 1 p.m.
Saturday at Galloway Free
Holiness, Lakeland. Memorials
may be made to Good Shepherd
Hospice, 105 Arneson Ave., Auburndale, 33823. – Ledger, Feb.
27,
2004
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WAUCHULA - Benny
Stalvey,died Nov. 11, 2011 from COPD. Visit. on Mon. with services
following at 10 AM at Lanier Funeral Home Chapel. – Ledger,
Nov.
13, 2011
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LAKELAND -
Mrs. Belva Stalvey Lamb, died of natural causes Sunday, October 26,
2014. Born in Plant City,
Florida,(Hillsborough Co.) on
August
21, 1922, Belva came here from Plant City as a child. Belva was a
homemaker, and a member of New
Home Baptist
Church. She
enjoyed being with family and friends and having family reunions. She
was known for her coconut cakes. She liked going fishing at her place
on Lake Walk-In-Water.
She
was preceded in death by her brother Benny Stalvey, and sister Evelyn Driggers.
She
is survived by her husband
James Lamb, daughter Glenda
(Henry)
Pierce, grandsons Kevin Green, Alvin (Lynn) Green, great granddaughters
Amanda Green, Hannah Green, Jade Green, brother Bobby (Mary Ann)
Stalvey. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, October 30,
2014, at New Home Baptist Church. Services will follow at 11 a.m. at
New Home Baptist Church. Interment will be in
New Home Cemetery. Lanier
Funeral Home. – Ledger, Wed. Oct, 29, 2014
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